Blake Lively’s accusations against Justin Baldoni explained

Months after a reported rift between It ends with us costars Blake Lively and Justin Baldonishe sued him for sexual harassment.

In the case, which was filed on Friday, December 20, and received by Us Weekly after it was reported by TMZ and New York TimesLively accused Baldoni of launching a campaign of “social manipulation” against her to “destroy” her reputation.

Baldoni’s lawyer, Brian Friedmancalled Lively’s allegations “completely false, outrageous and intentionally obscene” in a statement to usclaiming that Lively filed the lawsuit to “repair her negative reputation” and “reframe the narrative” of the film’s production.

Friedman further alleged that Lively made “numerous demands and threats” while filming It ends with usincluding “threatening not to appear on set, threatening not to promote the film, ultimately leading to his death during release if her demands were not met.”

us reached out to Lively’s rep for comment, but did not immediately hear back. In a statement to New York Times regarding her lawsuit, Lively said, “I hope my lawsuit helps pull back the curtain on these sinister retaliatory tactics to hurt people who speak up about wrongdoing, and helps protect others who may be targeted.” “

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Add sex scenes

According to the lawsuit, Lively expressed concerns about Baldoni early on. Before they start filming Ends with usshe objected to the sex scenes he wanted to add – which she thought were useless.

The lawsuit also demands “no further additions of sex scenes, oral sex, or on-camera climax by BL beyond the scope of the script approved by BL when signing off on the project.”

Lively alleged that Baldoni improvised unwanted kisses and discussed his sex life, including times when he may not have obtained consent.

“Mr. Baldoni improvised physical intimacy that was not rehearsed, choreographed or discussed with Ms. Lively without the involvement of an intimacy coordinator,” the documents state. “For example, Mr. Baldoni discreetly bit and sucked Ms. Lively’s bottom lip during a scene in which he improvised multiple kisses to each take. Mr. Baldoni insisted on shooting the entire scene over and over again, far beyond what would have been required on an ordinary set, and without prior notice or consent.’

Another example of alleged attempts to add nudity to the script involves one of the film’s final scenes, when Lively’s character gives birth. “Mr. Baldoni insisted to Ms. Lively that women give birth naked and that his wife had ‘torn her clothes’ during childbirth,” the documents said. “He claimed it was ‘not normal’ for women to stay in their hospital gowns while giving birth. Mrs. Lively did not agree, but felt compelled to compromise that she would be bare-chested.’

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Alleged addiction to pornography and others

The lawsuit alleges there was a meeting held in January to address some of Lively’s concerns It ends with us‘ production.

The meeting was attended by Lively’s husband, Ryan Reynoldsand some of her requests that were addressed included “no more showing of Blake’s nude videos or images of women, no more mention of Baldoni’s alleged past ‘pornography addiction’, no more discussion of sexual conquests in front of Blake et al, with no more mention of the cast and crew’s genitalia, no more inquiries about Blake’s weight, and no more mention of Blake’s dead father.

Lively claims that the producer Jamie Heath showed her a video of his wife naked and watching Lively in her trailer while she was topless and with her make-up removed – after she asked him not to watch. Lively claims that Heath and Baldoni entered her make-up trailer while she was undressed, including while she was breastfeeding.

According to the lawsuit, Wayfarer agreed to the terms it wanted and acknowledged that “while our perspective differs in many respects, providing a safe environment for all is paramount.”

Lively allegedly told people she worked with that the men’s behavior had improved by spring with the new protections.

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A disruptive character

In the documents, Lively claims that Baldoni broke character during a slow dance scene on a rooftop. “He leaned forward and slowly trailed his lips from her ear down her neck as he said, “It smells so good.” None of this was far out of character or based on dialogue in the script, and nothing needed to be said because, again, there was no sound — Mr. Baldoni caressing Mr. Lively with his mouth in a way that it had nothing to do with coping with their roles. When Ms. Lively later objected to this behavior, Ms. Baldoni’s response was: “You’re not even attracted to me.”

Body shaming

Lively accused Baldoni of embarrassing her on set. “Mr. Baldoni also routinely humiliated Ms. Lively by finding backchannels to criticize her body and weight,” the documents allege. “Several weeks before filming began and less than four months after Ms Lively gave birth her fourth childMs. Lively was mortified to learn that Mr. Baldoni had secretly called her fitness trainer, without her knowledge or permission, and hinted at that weight in two weeks. Mr. Baldoni told the coach that he asked because he was worried about having to get Ms. Lively in a scene for the movie, but there was no such scene.’

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A “social manipulation” campaign to “destroy” her reputation

Lively accused Baldoni of launching a campaign of “social manipulation” against her to “destroy” her reputation.

In the lawsuit — which includes “thousands of pages of text messages and emails” that Lively obtained through a subpoena — a publicist working with the studio and Baldoni claims he wrote to a crisis management expert: “He wants to feel like she can be buried. “

“This plan went beyond standard crisis PR,” the documents said, claiming that Baldoni’s team proposed a concept called “astroturfing,” which is defined as “the practice of publishing opinions or comments on the Internet, in the media etc. which appear to come from ordinary members of the public, but actually come from a particular company or political group.

Baldoni will “set the narrative for the social media campaign,” according to the documents. One example cited was for the X thread around Hailey Bieber “who accused another celebrity of harassing women.” Baldoni wrote in the caption, “This is what we need.”

After “almost all cast members chose to appear publicly separately from Mr. Baldoni given his on-set behavior,” according to the documents, he allegedly “became concerned that the public would discover that ‘something was much bigger beneath the surface,” prompting him to change his own social media strategy as well.

“After the film premiered, Mr. Baldoni changed his Instagram profile, canceled light-hearted social media posts, and instructed his team to seek reactions and support from survivors — all in an effort to quickly change his own public narrative to focused solely on survivors and domestic abuse organizations,” the documents state. When his team noted that “this change may be ‘too drastic too soon,’ he didn’t care. The documents read: “However, Mr Baldoni insisted on a ‘Tik Tok strategy’ and that his promotional activities for the film should seek to expand what he described as ‘survivor content.'”